Vase with Two Mythological Scenes

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CultureMaya

Titles

Vase with Two Mythological Scenes

Date600–900

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions6 × 6 in. diameter (15.2 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment

Object number2016.146

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

Provenance[Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, c.1968–c.1973]; Private collection, New York c.1973–2016; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Ancient Maya Calligraphy," The Grolier Club, New York, April 20–June 5, 1971.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Label on bottom: Edward H Merrin / Gallery / CM5
Label on bottom: CM / 257

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